新标准大学英语 视听说教程3 原文及翻译
HAPPINESS IN CLASSES. STUDENTS AT HEIDELBERG‘S WILLY HELLPACH
SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ARE LEARNING HOW TO ACHIEVE HAPPINESS AS
AN OFFICIAL SUBJECT, ALONGSIDE MATHEMATICS AND LANGUAGES. THIS
IS THE FIRST SCHOOL IN GERMANY TO DEVELOP A HAPPINESS COURSE,
INTENDED FOR 17- TO 19-YEAR-OLDS PREPARING FOR UNIVERSITY
ENTRANCE EXAMS.
ERNST FRITZ-SCHUBERT, THE SCHOOL‘S PRINCIPAL, IS ON A
MISSION TO CHANGE THINGS.
ERNST FRITZ-SCHUBERT: IT WAS MY IDEA-I‘VE BEEN AT THIS
SCHOOL FOR 31 YEARS, AND I FEEL THAT SCHOOL AND HAPPINESS HAVE
TO BE REUNITED. THESE ARE TWO TERMS WHICH ARE NOT CONSIDERED
TOGETHER, BECAUSE ONE DOES NOT CONNECT SCHOOL WITH HAPPINESS.
IN SOME CASES SCHOOL COMES BEHIND THE DENTISTS ON THE
POPULARITY SCALE AND WE SHOULD TRY TO PUSH SCHOOLS‘
POPULARITY A BIT.
IT HAS BEEN PROVED BY SCIENCE THAT A HAPPY STUDENT CAN
LEARN MORE THAN AN UNHAPPY ONE, UNHAPPY STUDENTS CAN
CONCENTRATE FOR A WHILE BUT DO NOT USE ALL THEIR POTENTIAL.
THE HAPPINESS CLASSES ARE INTENDED TO HELP STUDENTS FULFILL
THEIR POTENTIAL. THEY WILL HELP THE STUDENTS LIVE HAPPY AND
PROSPEROUS LIVES.
THE CLASSES AIM TO HELP STUDENTS IN ACHIEVING A POSITIVE